REF NO : B72560

Paul Sormani

A Fine Regence Style Ebonised and Gilt-Bronze Mounted Bureau Plat

France, Circa 1880

£55,000

A Fine Regence Style Ebonised and Gilt-Bronze Mounted Bureau Plat by Sormani. The central drawer bearing a label for ‘VVE P. SORMANI & FILS 10,...

Dimensions

Height: 75 cm (30 in)
Width: 145 cm (58 in)
Depth: 84 cm (34 in)
REF NO : B72560

Description

A Fine Regence Style Ebonised and Gilt-Bronze Mounted Bureau Plat by Sormani.

The central drawer bearing a label for ‘VVE P. SORMANI & FILS 10, r. Charlot Paris’.

Paris, Circa 1880.

 

Date

Circa 1880

Origin

France

Medium

Ebonised Wood

Signature

The central drawer bearing a label for ‘VVE P. SORMANI & FILS 10, r. Charlot Paris’.

Paul Sormani

Born in Venice in 1817, Paul Sormani (1817-1877), was a Parisian maker of fine ‘meubles de luxe’. His work was described in the catalogue of the 1867 Exposition Universelle as: ‘toute sa production révèle une qualité d’exécution de tout premier ordre’ (all of his production reveals a quality of execution all of the first order’).

Sormani exhibited at the International Exhibitions in Paris in 1849, 1855, 1867, 1878 and 1900, and in London in 1862, winning numerous medals.

Paul Sormani established the firm in 1847 at 7 Cimetière Saint-Nicolas in Paris, moving in 1854 to 114 rue du Temple, and in 1867 to 10 rue Charlot.

After his death in 1877 Sormani’s son Paul-Charles took over the business that later moved to 134 Boulevard Haussmann.

It can be difficult to date Sormani’s work, as the firm produced furniture for nearly ninety years. However, when Paul Sormani died in 1877, his wife and son took over the business and from this date onwards pieces are normally signed ‘Veuve Sormani & Fils’.

Bibliography:
Mestdagh, Camille & Lécoules, Pierre. L’Ameublement d’art français : 1850-1900, Les Editions de l’Amateur, (Paris), 2010.

Meyer, Jonathan. Great Exhibitions – London, New York, Paris, Philadelphia, 1851-1900, Antique Collectors’ Club, (Woodbridge, UK), 2006.

Ledoux – Lebard, Denise. Les Ébénistes du XIXe siècle, Les Editions de L’Amateur, (Paris), 1984; pp. 583-588.

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